AgroCrime Observatory

Following the evidence chain across agrocrime

Crimes involving animals and animal products each move through a chain — from detection to outcome. We follow that chain, tracing where it breaks and what one case can teach another.

Detection→ Sampling→ Analysis→ Interpretation→ Evidence→ Outcome
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What agrocrime is

Animal agrocrime is an unlawful act or omission involving animals or animal products that breaches legislation and harms animal health, animal welfare, public health, food safety, food authenticity or national security.

Working definition — WOAH, FAO & INTERPOL
“Building resilience against agro-crime and agro-terrorism”

The territory

Eight kinds of crime. One evidence chain.

These are adapted from agrocrime types described by WOAH, FAO and INTERPOL. Different scenes, different laws — but a similar path from detection to outcome runs beneath them all.

Falsified products
Veterinary medicines · feed · documents
Disease-control evasion
Breaching quarantine · movement bans
Animal cruelty & abuse
Welfare offences
Food fraud
Adulteration · authenticity · mislabelling
Smuggling
Animals · animal products
Exploitation of wildlife
Trafficking · poaching
Theft
Livestock · rustling
Biological-agent release
Agroterrorism · biothreat
The chain beneath

Every case touches more than one field.

The links are the evidence chain. The nodes are the disciplines it runs through — veterinary, forensic, legal, public-health. We follow the connections the silos leave unmapped.

Where this is
Early — building slowly

Building it, case by case.

AgroCrime Observatory is in its early stages, being built slowly and carefully. Leave your email and we’ll share new work as it’s published — no noise.

Interested in collaborating, contributing case knowledge, or supporting the work? Get in touch.